Illinois to stay in controversial voter database for now

President Donald Trump, right, and Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state at a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in July. Trump created the advisory commission in May, after claiming without evidence that 3 million people or more illegally voted for Hillary Clinton last year.

(AP)—Illinois election officials have decided the state will remain in a multi-state voter registration database that critics claim is inaccurate and could lead to security breaches.

The motion to withdraw from the Kansas-run Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program failed on Monday after the State Board of Elections voted 4-4 in a party-line vote, according to the Chicago Tribune. Five votes were needed for it to pass.

However, the issue could come before the Illinois board again or through the Legislature, as some advocates have promised.

Groups including the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights have raised concerns about the program run by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who's also a vice chairman of President Donald Trump's election fraud commission.

Kansas' director of elections Bryan Caskey says officials are working on new security guidelines.

Motion to withdraw from #Crosscheck fails on a 4:4 tie of the State Board of Elections.